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CAN WE BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE SEE?


BLIND SPOTS: The place in our eye where there are NO PHOTORECEPTORS; it's where the optic nerve leaves and there are no rods/cones to process light
http://jimspages.com/BlindSpot.htm
With color: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot2.html
With polka-dots: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot5.html
Lots of options: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html
More: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mind/games.html



OPPONENT PROCESS THEORY
OPPOSITE COLORS ARE EXCITED/INHIBITED AT THE BI-POLAR/GANGLION CELL LEVEL
NOTE THE COLOR AFTERIMAGES you perceive after staring at each

1. BIRD IN A CAGE
http://www.exploratorium.edu/seeing/exhibits/bird.html

2. Flag
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Aftereffects/USA_Flag.htm

3. Purple Phaze*THIS ONE IS COOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Aftereffects/Purple_Phaze.htm

4. Phantom Dots
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Aftereffects/Phantom_Dots.htm

5. Shining Light
http://www.sandlotscience.com/Aftereffects/Make_the_Light_Shine.htm